From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 05:23:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A111065679 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:23:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A3B8FC17 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:23:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 3053 invoked by uid 399); 16 Aug 2010 05:23:06 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO laptop.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 16 Aug 2010 05:23:06 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Peter Jeremy In-Reply-To: <20100815205433.GA1612@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Message-ID: References: <4C675F64.9080205@FreeBSD.org> <20100815205433.GA1612@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Runaway intr, not flash related X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:23:07 -0000 On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2010-Aug-14 20:30:44 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> It DOESN'T happen with loads that produce a lot more heat than my >> typical desktop workloads (like say, make -j2 buildworld). > > Whilst I also doubt it's hardware, it's worth noting that flash > (or other multimedia workload) is likely to stress different areas > of the CPU than makeworld, I was responding to the heat question, not cpu load. Other than that, you're right of course. :) > Have you checked to see if there's a BIOS upgrade available? Yes I have, and no there isn't. > Other possibilities: > - Have you tried running a uniprocessor kernel? That one I haven't tried, thanks for the suggestion! > - If your CPU supports LM, have you tried an amd64 kernel? I haven't, mostly because in the past some things I wanted were not available in amd64. I'm running a C2D in i386/SMP. Trying amd64 is a bit more of a jump, but when I get my HD repartitioned I can try 7.3 i386 and -current amd64 ... back to the drawing board ... Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso